Business Operations

  • Culture
  • | Leadership
  • | Technology

A Midsummer Reflection on AI and Generational Difference

A recent staff retreat at the turn of the fiscal year provided insights into two common challenges.
6 min read
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Strategies  

  • Enrollment
  • | Technology

How Tapping a Mobile App Reinvented Reenrollment This item is protected.

By meeting their families where they are — on WhatsApp — one school has dramatically improved operational processes.
6 min read
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  • Cybersecurity
  • | Risk Management

The New Rules of Cyber Risk: A Case Study and Checklist This item is protected.

Lessons from a recent attack and recovery, and 10 things your school needs to be doing to be equally prepared.
3 min read
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Feature  

  • Cybersecurity
  • | Risk Management

The New Rules of Cyber Risk: Prevention and Resilience This item is protected.

Cybercrime is now highly organized crime, which means school cyber security requires enterprise level attention.
10 min read
Susie Fiorello
  • Facilities
  • | Leadership
  • | Membership

Unsung Hero: Susie Fiorello, Paideia School

Fiorello led major capital projects, sustained annual surpluses and helped Paideia School expand without incurring debt.
2 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Enrollment
  • | Extended Day
  • | Summer Camp

Make Camp Count

Don’t leave revenue on the table — or miss the opportunity to build a strong connection between your school and the broader community.
6 min read
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  • Facilities
  • | Risk Management

How To Keep Slips and Falls from Becoming Major Disruptions This item is protected.

Among the most common claims on independent school campuses, slips and falls are now becoming more costly as well.
6 min read
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  • Technology

Byte-Size AI: Early Use Cases of AI Agents This item is protected.

Leaders from ATLIS share how schools are beginning to explore agentic AI — and why it’s okay to still be at square one.
6 min read
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  • Leadership
  • | Technology

Securing the Future of Independent Schools: Tools and Frameworks This item is protected.

The NBOA Leadership Academy conducted research and developed practical tools to support stronger decision-making in school business
5 min read
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Projections  

  • Risk Management
  • | Safety and Security

Being Safe and Feeling Safe at School

Your school may be doing everything right to ensure campus is safe, but feeling safe on campus is another matter.
6 min read
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Risk & Compliance  

  • Legal
  • | Risk Management
  • | Technology

What Lawyers Want You To Know About AI Use Across the School This item is protected.

Be aware of the risks when school employees use AI in the academic program, admissions, enrollment, finance, operations, HR and governance.
8 min read
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  • Governance
  • | Technology

Governing AI Integration: An Inventory Tool for Leaders This item is protected.

A structured inventory and heat map can help school leaders see where AI is creating value, raising risks and needs clearer guidance.
6 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Change Management
  • | Technology

Seizing the AI Opportunity

Distinguished business officer and long-time innovator Nancy Greene explains how to turn curiosity about AI into real operational gains.
6 min read
Spotting Opportunity for Innovation
  • Accounting
  • | Leadership
  • | Technology

Spotting Opportunity for Innovation: Leadership Tools and AI Workflows This item is protected.

Studying accounts payable and student attendance tracking revealed opportunities for larger systems integrations and efficiencies, using AI workflows.
4 min read
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Feature  

  • Budget
  • | Facilities

Controlling Construction Costs This item is protected.

As costs for materials and labor rise, school leaders are turning to planning, partnerships, and contract management to deliver projects on time and on budget.
14 min read
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  • Human Resources
  • | Leadership
  • | Technology

6 Ways to Advance School Business Operations, from the 2025 NBOA Professional Achievement Award Recipients

By investing in systems, people and relationships, these independent school leaders strengthen both the bottom line and their school’s culture.
6 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Leadership
  • | Membership
  • | Technology

My Top 3 Takeaways from the 2026 NBOA Annual Meeting

Tucker Bryant and Heather McGowan shared how we can seize the moment in this time of technological change and move our schools forward.
7 min read
Three students wearing safety goggles collect water samples from a lake's edge.
  • Change Management
  • | Environmental Sustainability
  • | Facilities

Sharing a Director of Sustainability This item is protected.

Two schools jointly hired for this single position, which has propelled both schools’ sustainability goals.
5 min read
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Feature  

  • Gift
  • | Legal
  • | Technology

Byte-Size AI: Legal Insights and Development Wins This item is protected.

Hopkins School has tapped generative AI to do initial legal research and queries, and also used it to meet donor interests efficiently and with real depth, among other uses.
5 min read
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Feature  

  • Hiring
  • | Technology

Byte-Size AI: Planning, Integrating Systems and Predicting This item is protected.

Pine Crest School has saved two weeks’ worth of work in the business office through automating just two processes, and that’s just the beginning.
7 min read